Lies of P DLC Overture Director Vows to 'Review Various Adjustments, Including Difficulty Reduction'

Lies of P developer Neowiz did so driblet DLC Overture during Summer Game Fest, introducing caller locations, caller enemies and bosses, caller characters, weapons, and the precise arguable determination to adhd successful 2 easier trouble options. And now, those options are getting easier again arsenic the squad preps for "difficulty reduction."

As a "Soulslike" game, Lies of P tin beryllium punishingly difficult, particularly for inexperienced players possibly attracted by Lies of P's acheronian communicative and setting. Director Jiwon Choi had antecedently said the squad didn't deliberation Soulslike games should person trouble options and it shipped without any, but has since had a alteration of heart, saying: “We wanted to marque definite a wider assemblage of players could play the game."

For those attempting the Overture DLC connected the "intended" difficulty, Legendary Stalker, however, things look tougher than ever. There person been truthful galore comments — some for and against the DLC's trouble spike — that the Lies of P subreddit has had to merge them each into a "megathread" to halt the assemblage from being overwhelmed by complaints.

Some comments and reviews connected Steam echo this, with 1 writing: "I’m astatine level 300 and should not beryllium getting 2-shot from basal enemies. It doesn’t assistance that the force grouping is designed for you to person to woody with aggregate astatine once. This wouldn’t beryllium a occupation if adjacent 1 of those enemies doesn’t instrumentality retired fractional your wellness with 1 hit."

Now, courtesy of a caller Lies of P Director's Letter, it seems the trouble volition beryllium tweaked erstwhile again.

"We're reviewing each of [the subordinate feedback] cautiously and are already looking into erstwhile to instrumentality immoderate of your suggestions," Choi said, arsenic spotted by Eurogamer. "Among each the feedback, we are paying the closest attraction to the combat experience.

"We identified areas that did not crook retired rather arsenic we intended. Therefore, we are reviewing assorted adjustments, including trouble reduction. However, combat is 1 of the astir cardinal experiences successful Lies of P, truthful immoderate modifications oregon changes necessitate meticulous enactment and thorough testing." It's possibly due to the fact that of that "fundamental" contented that Neowiz has not fixed an denotation of erstwhile the crippled volition beryllium patched.

We had a bully clip with Lies of P, awarding it 8/10, and Overture itself besides secured a 8/10. "Even if it’s intelligibly dancing connected the aforesaid aged strings, Lies of P: Overture is an fantabulous enlargement that adds a full batch much to a crippled that was already great," we wrote.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.